The Hacker News - Microsoft Issues Patches For Severe Flaws

In the October Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released patches for several vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution flaw in the Windows DNS Client that was found by Senior Security Associate Nick Freeman. As described in The Hacker News article - Microsoft Issues Patches For Severe Flaws, Including Office Zero-Day & DNS Attack, it could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to your system.